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American guitarist and songwriter, Birth: 4-9-1960
1.
Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertising executives, product manufacturers, merchandise distributors, fashion coordinators, and rock imitators, the latter of whom have yet to equal the sincerity, power, and wit of Nirvana.
Kim Thayil

2.
I play guitar because I like to make loud noises. And the guitar is the coolest way to make a loud noise.
Kim Thayil

3.
I'm still an angry dude. I'm just older. I still push the band to be heavy and dark-that's always been my role.
Kim Thayil

4.
There're the causes where people are like, "What can you do for us? You guys have success and stature; you can make money for us and at the same time present yourselves to the public as altruistic and civic-minded." So it's an exchange. I don't mind looking altruistic and civic-minded if we're actually being that way.
Kim Thayil

5.
We're happy with what we've achieved. Every record we've made has furthered the growth of our line of success. It's never disappeared or gone backward: each record sells more, each tour is bigger.
Kim Thayil

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6.
Being a rock star is really a 24-hour-a-day job, and you really can't escape it.
Kim Thayil